Each of three leading Democrats who might challenge Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett for
reelection in 2014 lead the Republican incumbent by margins of 9 percentage points or higher,
according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

"Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett gets a triple dose of bad news. Three Democratic
challengers would beat him handily if the election for governor were held today," said Tim
Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"Fortunately for Gov. Corbett, the election is not today. He has 18 months to turn things
around."

In each matchup, Pennsylvania women voters back the Democrat by margins of more
than 18 percent.

Corbett gets a negative 29 - 43 percent favorability rating from voters. The percentage of
voters who don't know enough about the Democratic contenders to form an opinion ranges from
58 percent to 85 percent.

Democratic Primary

In a possible Democratic primary for governor, 59 percent of voters are undecided.
Sestak gets 15 percent, with 15 percent for Schwartz and no other candidate above 3 percent.

"Pennsylvania voters, even Democrats, don't know much about the challengers in the
2014 governor's race," Malloy said.

"Right now, voters are doing their ABCs - Anyone But Corbett."

From April 19 - 24, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,235 registered voters with a
margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.
The survey includes 547 Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 4.2 percentage points.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia
and the nation as a public service and for research.

For more information, visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling, call (203) 582-5201, or
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1. (If Registered Democrat) If the Democratic primary for Governor were being held today, and the candidates were John Hanger, Rob McCord, Ed Pawlowski, Allyson Schwartz, Joe Sestak, Mike Stack and Tom Wolf, for whom would you vote?